A share price of Nordson Corp [NDSN] is currently trading at $208.97, up 6.76%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The NDSN shares have gain 6.36% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 10.71%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Nordson Corp [NASDAQ: NDSN] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 04, 2025, when KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded its rating to a Overweight but kept the price target unchanged to $260 for it. Previously, Exane BNP Paribas downgraded its rating to Neutral on February 24, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $219. On January 22, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $280 on the stock. Seaport Research Partners upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $250 on December 17, 2024. Robert W. Baird downgraded its rating to a Neutral and reduced its price target to $237 on December 13, 2024. KeyBanc Capital Markets downgraded its rating to Sector Weight for this stock on February 26, 2024. In a note dated October 05, 2023, Exane BNP Paribas initiated an Outperform rating and provided a target price of $275 on this stock.
Nordson Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $165.03 and $266.86. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $260 within the next 12 months. Nordson Corp [NASDAQ: NDSN] shares were valued at $208.97 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 24.42% based on the average NDSN price forecast.
Analyzing the NDSN fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Nordson Corp [NASDAQ:NDSN] were 2.70B which represents 4.96% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.55% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.25%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.21%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.17%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.16 and Total Capital is 0.12. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.8.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 203.43 points at the first support level, and at 197.88 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 216.26, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 223.54.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Nordson Corp [NASDAQ:NDSN] is 2.56. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.64, and the Cash Ratio is 0.27. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.40, the price to book ratio is 4.13 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 26.88.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Lovass Stephen, Executive Vice President, that happened on Jan 07 ’25 when 1299.0 shares were sold. Officer, Lovass Stephen completed a deal on Jan 07 ’25 to buy 1299.0 shares. Meanwhile, Executive Vice President Lovass Stephen sold 317.0 shares on Dec 02 ’24.
